TRANSMISSION SYSTEM USING PARALLEL OPTIC LINKS TO ACHIEVE ENHANCED DYNAMIC RANGE

摘要

An optical transmission system includes a power splitter for dividing an RF input signal into a plurality of intermediate signals each assigned to a respective one of a plurality of parallel optic links. Each link optically transmits its respective intermediate RF signal over a respective fiber line before being detected at a receiver end. The detected signals are combined by an RF power combiner into an output signal having an enhanced signal to noise ratio that is better by 10 log n dB over that of a single link, where n is the number of parallel links. In order to permit operation at arbitrarily high frequencies, a pilot tone delay equalization circuit is coupled to each link at the receiver end for equalizing the delay variations between the various fiber paths.